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{{Short description|Canadian politician (born 1947)}}
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'''Fred Koe''' (born March 8, 1947) is a former territorial level politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest territories from 1991 to 1995. He was born in [[Aklavik]].<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cGqJAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Koe,+Fred%22+inuvik | title=The Canadian Parliamentary Guide| last1=Normandin| first1=Pierre G.| last2=Léopold Normandin| first2=A.| year=1994| isbn=9780921925545}}</ref>
Koe is the son of [[Jim Koe]], who was the chief of the [[Aklavik Indian Band]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uphere.ca/node/2584|title=Chasing George Joseph|date=3 September 2023 }}</ref> He grew up in Aklavik and would later move to Inuvik. At the age of 11, he was a victim of the [[Canadian Indian residential school system]], and was forced to go school in [[Inuvik]], away from his family.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Heroux |first=Devin |date=16 February 2018 |title=Residential school experience shaped Canadian skip Kevin Koe's father |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/pyeongchang/curling/fred-koe-residential-school-1.4538601#:~:text=Fred%20Koe%20fell%20in%20love,Canada%27s%20skip%20at%20the%20Olympics. |access-date=30 November 2023 |website=CBC}}</ref>
Koe ran for a seat in the Northwest Territories Legislature in the [[1991 Northwest Territories general election]]. He won the [[Inuvik (electoral district)|Inuvik]] electoral district defeating future Commissioner [[Glenna Hansen]]. Koe was defeated one term later defending his incumbency. He was defeated by candidate [[Floyd Roland]] in the [[1995 Northwest Territories general election]].
After his defeat, Koe became president, Northwest Territories Development Corporation. He now lives in [[Whitehorse, Yukon]] where he is a member of the board of directors for the [[First Nations Bank of Canada]] and the Da Daghay Development Corporation.
Koe is the father of World champion curler [[Kevin Koe]], as well as [[Jamie Koe]] and [[Kerry Galusha|Kerry Koe-Galusha]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sportsnet.ca/curling/koe-siblings-norths-first-family-curling/|title = Koe siblings: The North's first family of curling - Sportsnet.ca}}</ref> Jamie and Kerry were born when the family was living in Yellowknife. Fred played with Jamie and Kerry at the [[1999 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship]].
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==External links==
*[http://www.cbc.ca/nwtvotes2003/riding/004/ NWT Votes 2007 Inuvik Boot Lake District Profile]
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